sg2006 Cambridge

sg2006

sg2006 brought together a global community of innovators and pioneers in the fields of architecture, design, and engineering for a six remarkable days of design exploration, fabrication, collaborative research and networking in Cambridge, UK 28th January - 31st January 2006.

The SmartGeometry Group held a workshop dedicated to the future of CAD and digital architecture. The twin themes of digital simulation and digital fabrication will change the way we think about buildings and applicants must show ability in digital environments and have interesting ideas that can be explored in a workshop environment with equal-minded peers.

The workshop will concentrate on exploring the possible feedback mechanisms between AEC design and computation. Computation includes simulation, optimisation, form finding, evaluation, genetic algorithms and any other methodology designed to enhance the design/computer interaction. The workshop will be based on using the integrative tools available in Bentley GC which allows scripting in a dialect of C# as well as integration with any application running under the Microsoft .net environment. Attendants will be given evaluation copies of the software well in advance of the workshop. In addition there will be introductory workshops for attendees not yet familiar with GC and gc scripting.

28th January - 31st January 2006Cambridge UK

Venue:The workshops are to be held at the Moller Centre, which offers a perfect setting in Cambridge for the workshops with purpose-built meeting rooms, en-suite bedrooms , excellent cuisine and leisure facilities.

WORKSHOP STREAM 1 - INTEGRATING SOFTWARE WITH PARAMETRIC CAD PACKAGE

This workshop is aimed at participants with software development experience and possibly existing applications and it will explore the opportunities opened up by directly accessing an industry standard CAD package through its parametric implementation. The workshop will explore the iterative possibilities thus made available and will encourage cross-discipline working. One of the many aims is to reduce feedback loop systems from days and weeks to seconds by making software applications available in one environment creating a more powerful design environment.

WORKSHOP STREAM 2 - EXPLORING DESIGN WITH PARAMETRIC CAD

This stream will focus on design exploration using parametric systems. Participants to be accepted have to propose interesting problems and propositions which will be explored during the workshop. In addition ad-hoc teams will be encouraged during the workshop.